Framework of O2DES.NET Digital Twins for Next Generation Ports and Warehouse Solutions

Innovative solutions are proposed to meet the challenges bringing by the development of next generation ports and warehouses. In order to test the feasibility of the solutions and increase the "wisdom" of maritime logistics facilities, a maritime Digital Twin (DT), SingaPort.Net Suite, is developed and presented in this paper. An object-oriented discrete event simulation (O
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DES.NET) framework is proposed as the development framework. Seven functions achieved by O
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DES.NET are embedded in the SingaPort.Net Suite and are illustrated in this paper. It is hoped that with the help of SingaPort.Net Suite and O
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DES.NET, the maritime logistics DT ecosystem could experience a vivid and healthy growth in the future decades.